I would have to bow out of Before the Dawn unless it is in core as I have played both parts in standard. I could play The Penumbral Accords, Murder on the Throaty Mermaid, or The Dalsine Affair from that season. Or Shadow's Last Stand parts one and 2, though I would have to use a replay for part 1.
And Ling could join in any of these as they all allow 3rd level characters.
I can play all scenarios mentioned above by Ling - except #2-11 The Penumbral Accords.
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
Thank you, GM! I'm looking forward to the next adventure!
My chronicle looks good for the most part, but the numbers in the subtotals of gold and PP are not needed (and actually incorrect - but I just edited them out so I could write the correct subtotals, calculated from the start values that you do not have.)
No need to change anything, just a heads up for the future. ;-)
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
Nabla Ulich wrote:
I'm also up for it.
I have never played in standard but I'm currently playing it in core.
Regarding the Citadel of Flame:
Unfortunately, I have to revise my statement above. :-(
I just found out that I already played it in standard, many years ago. I would have to use a precious replay, and I do not have that many.
Is there an alternative scenario we could play? Otherwise, I would skip the game and come back later (if you have room and you'll still have me).
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
DM Lil" Eschie wrote:
I'll of course allow Navatsyik to use the Remove disease potion on fist day. Lesser Restoration spells are 60 GP apiece, Remove disease costs 150 GP (or 1 PP)
@DM Lil" Eschie": Each diseased needs to overcome the sickness, of course. But do we have to heal our ability score damage? Until now I also did not heal hitpoint damage at the end of an adventure as it heals naturally over time. Ability score damage also heals naturally. And as there are indefinite days between missions...
Ability Score Damage, Penalty, and Drain wrote:
Diseases, poisons, spells, and other abilities can all deal damage directly to your ability scores. This damage does not actually reduce an ability, but it does apply a penalty to the skills and statistics that are based on that ability. For every 2 points of damage you take to a single ability, apply a –1 penalty to skills and statistics listed with the relevant ability. If the amount of ability damage you have taken equals or exceeds your ability score, you immediately fall unconscious until the damage is less than your ability score. The only exception to this is your Constitution score. If the damage to your Constitution is equal to or greater than your Constitution score, you die. Unless otherwise noted, damage to your ability scores is healed at the rate of 1 per day to each ability score that has been damaged. Ability damage can be healed through the use of spells, such as lesser restoration. (Link)
Combat / Injury and Death / Healing wrote:
After taking damage, you can recover hit points through natural healing or through magical healing. In any case, you can't regain hit points past your full normal hit point total.
Natural Healing: With a full night's rest (8 hours of sleep or more), you recover 1 hit point per character level. Any significant interruption during your rest prevents you from healing that night.
If you undergo complete bed rest for an entire day and night, you recover twice your character level in hit points.
Magical Healing: Various abilities and spells can restore hit points.
Healing Limits: You can never recover more hit points than you lost. Magical healing won't raise your current hit points higher than your full normal hit point total.
Healing Ability Damage: Temporary ability damage returns at the rate of 1 point per night of rest (8 hours) for each affected ability score. Complete bed rest restores 2 points per day (24 hours) for each affected ability score. (Link)
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
Day one
Fort:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Fort Reroll from Antidote:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Day two
Fort:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 Fort Reroll from Antidote:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Two consecutive saves there should do it. Two antidotes used. Twenty antidotes and the remove disease potion (which Navatsiyk should use immediately on day one) remain.
Nabla eventually beats off the nasty bug at the same time as Cece!
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
Rusty Metals wrote:
Rusty packs up the basin. The Android thinks for a minute then questions, ”Alright, who gets the antidote potion now and who waits till we get back to the lodge to get help with the disease?”
Roll (highest wins) for the potion of remove disease? We have Ling, Navatsiyk, Nabla, Faceless Man and Cece infected.
Poindexter wrote:
We should wait and see who coughs the hardest.
Navatsiyk has the worst chance of all: 10% of 10% (= 1%). Therefore, I believe they should get the Potion of remove disease.
Nabla has a Fort save of +7, so she should beat the disease with die roll 11 or higher - with the help of the antidote vials this shouldn't take long.
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
No hurry from my side.
You could fill out the chronicles on the Computer, though - MS Edge lets you edit PDFs.
1) Make a new PDF (split the original or just print the page with the chronicle to PDF).
2) Open it with MS Edge, edit and save it, then copy that one and make changes for the next character.
3) Repeat point 2 until done. ;-)
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
Nabla tastes the postions.
Her take 10 result for identifying postions by taste is 18. I think that did beat the DCs of the postions.
"These taste familiar! I'm certain these are a Cure Light Wounds potion and a Remove disease potion!" Then she looks at the ring and shrugs. "No idea what this does, though."
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
Nabla looks puzzled. "Huh. Now that you mention it, Rusty, I do recall Venture Captain Brackett telling us to recover the basin and return it to him for study. Okay, we won't smash it. Thanks for the reminder, Rusty!"
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
"I agree, better smash it."
Nabla takes her time to search the woman for anything that could be a cure for the disease.
Perception, Take 20:20 + 6 = 26+2 to find hidden objects (including traps and secret doors), determine whether food is spoiled, or identify a potion by taste
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
Ok, shall I start the surprise round with the first arrow?
If yes:
Nabla 5-foot-steps forward, concentrates and designates the woman with the scythe as her focus. swift action to activate Ranger's Focus
Then she lets the first cold iron arrow fly.
Ranger's Focus (Ex) At 1st level, once per day, the guide can focus on a single enemy within line of sight as a swift action. That creature remains the ranger's focus until it is reduced to 0 or fewer hit points or surrenders, or until the ranger designates a new focus, whichever occurs first. The ranger gains a +2 bonus on attack and damage rolls against the target of his focus. At 5th level, and every five levels thereafter, this bonus increases by +2.
At 4th level, and every 3 levels thereafter, the ranger can use this ability one additional time per day. This ability replaces favored enemy.
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
"Ah, now that you pointed them out, Rusty, I see them, too."
"A wand of entangle is on my shopping list, but I couldn't get one so far. And I have nothing to blast, but I bought a good bow right before this mission."
Ling Chang wrote:
Note to others. If you have a bow and no cold iron arrows you might want to ask Ling for some.
Good idea!
"Ling, you also use bow and arrows. You wouldn't have any cold iron arrows, would you? I definitely need to put some on my shopping list..."
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
Nabla sighs. Stubborn folk! Okay, then we have to knock them out... She drops bow and arrow, moves towards the man in green clothing (while drawing her sap) and tries to knock him out:
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
"That's enough."
Nabla charges the nearest still standing foe (depends if one drops from the AoO or Poindexter's attack, see map), drawing her greatsword while moving forward. In order to not kill him immediately she tries to hit the man with the flat side of the blade...
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
"Should we separate the two sick pickers from the others and bring them to the herbalist? Maybe isolation of sick people will slow down the spreading of the disease..."
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
"Thank you for helping the lumberjack - and we are grateful for the potions. We will try to talk to the fey, maybe they know something about this disease. Please tell us where to go, we can pick flowers there as well, if it helps."
Inspired by Ling (thanks for the idea to use STR skills!):
Climb, Take 10:10 + 8 = 18 Swim, Take 10:10 + 8 = 18
Nabla also removes her armor and climbs trees to find more mushrooms.
And when someone mentions a possibly helpful plant growing at the bottom of a nearby pond, she eagerly dives into the water, too.
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
DM Lil" Eschie wrote:
Per the adventure, Laurel the herbalist starts with a BIG malus to her roll, as the disease is new. You can use various skills, with a DC 18, to alleviate the malus (each successful skill roll substract 2 from the malus.) Non exhaustive list of skills you can use: Appraise, Healing, Craft, Know Local, Dungeoneering or Nature, Perception, Profession, Sleight of Hand, Spellcraft, Survival... You can take 10 but not 20 on your roll. You can use more than one skill, but you can only try a skill once. If you have special abilities that could be used, just try it and I'll see if I'll allow it!
@DM: Is that a singular or a plural 'you'? E.g. would Nabla also be allowed to attempt a perception check or not?
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
"I have a cold iron dagger, but my greatsword is just normal steel. Though I doubt that this matters much when I aim to split a fey in half..."
A few steps away from everyone - she doesn't want to accidently hurt anyone - Nabla demonstrates a powerful overhand chop, then she sheathes her sword again.
#01-43 The Pallid Plague Female Half-Orc Ranger (Guide) 2 | HP 20/20 | AC 18 T 12 FF 16 | CMB +6, CMD 18 | F: +7, R: +7, W: +3 | Init +2 | Perc +6 (darkvision 60 ft) | SM: +1 | Speed 20ft
DM Lil" Eschie wrote:
As you can heal one person at the time (10 mn and one skill roll per person) you have to choose. If you beat the DC, you'll give them a +4 bonus to next save.
Do we see symptoms on the dog? If yes, I will try to help it with my Heal skill (and also feed it one of my two vials of antiplague to let it roll the saves twice and take the better result this day). Otherwise I'll try to help a lumberjack (no antiplague).
